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Title X: The program provides $1.68 million for family planning in Oregon ■ Continued trom Page 1 nations, community health cen ters nursing service organiza tions and a wide variety of nonprofit agent .es, many of which are located in plates where little or no other repro ductive health t are is a vat table Locally In Kugene, lane County Pub li< Health ret mis JO to .10 per t ent of its hinds from Title X. or about $ lO S-C. OOO If we were to lose all l it If X| funds, it would have a serious impact on how we could serve the community." said Susie Kent, nursing supervisor for l ane County Public Health. It might mean a loss of servo es or a loss of staff — with a definite impact on teen-pregnant s pre vention." she saitl In 1994. lame County family planning centers served 1.345 women ages 18 to J4, compris ing 45 pert ent of tlieir clientele "eliminating Title X funding would limit women's act ess to tare." Kent said "The conse quences could range from unplanned and unwanted preg nancies to women being unable to follow-up on health prob lems." Oregon Oregon public health clinics are funded In three sources 1 itle X. Title V and state general funds Title X provides $1 t> mil lion of the state's total funds fur limits. Odisio said that tor every dol lar Title X spends on family planning, the government saves $4 4U in other costs, such as welfare and nutrition. "In 1994. t.2,124 Oregon women received services through Title X funded pro grams,” said Diane Duke, direc tor of development and community relations for Planned Parenthood in Eugene “The majority of these women were uninsured and depended on this funding to get basic reproductive health t are." she II If Mr u ere to law nil filth \ I funds it would in,•. < a serious impact on how »*«■ could serve the community — Susie Kent .mfy Public Hearth 55 Mid Nationally "Until 1‘ih . Title X c.omtilut t*d thi* single largest source of public funds for family plan ning," according to the June 1995 edition of Issues in Uriel, a public ation of a nonprofit repro ductive health research insti tute "In 1992, Title X still helped to support 76 percent of all fam ily [dunning agencies providing more than 2(1 [am ent of the bud gets for over half of them " the publication said. Currently, Title X provides $193 million in federal funds for family planning. "Publicly funded family plan ning services hove been respon sible for preventing large numbers of unintended preg nancies. abortions and births to Itnv-inc ome women, and espe cially to unmarried women and teems." Issues in Uriel said "Our nation is one step closer to losing its front line of defense in the fight to prevent unplanned pregnane.y," said a news release from Planned Par enthood. The History Title X of the Public Health Service Act was enacted and signed into law by President Richard Nixon, creating for the first time a comprehensive fed eral program devoted entirely to the provision of family planning services on a national basis. T itle X is administered by the Department of Health and h* »*r>M ■- * *u; Lane County Public Health nurse Phyllis Roberts discusses what types ot services are available with a young client Human Scrvii.tis, which is responsible fur allocating the funds appropriated annually hv Congress among the 10 federal health regions In eat h region, the health administrator retfives applii ations from, and awards grants on a < ompetitive basis to, public, and nonprofit private agent ies th.it provide t tmlrnt eptive servit es as well as training, let hnical assistant e and other support By list al year MJHt. $140 million in puhlit funds were heing spent to provide family planning servit.es to a million women al nearly 'S.200 separate servile sites," Issues m Hnt‘l said ’ In 1900, r> s million family planning < limits were served hv t limes administered by Title X supported agent les." the newsletter said Women who ret eivetl sers it es at Title X-sup ported ( llllti s hi i*»*«> were pre domimiutlv young. poor mu) hod never had a i hi Id In 1091, there were 11 total of Hri primers Title X grantees, ranging from one to four per stale,” /ssues in fine/ van) The Opposition The main organization oppos ing Title X is the Christian Coalition. Ims a use Planned Par enthood rei eises monies front Title X "(Planned Parenthood) has left us no t hou e hilt to oppose ail td Title X funding," said Mike Russell, diret tor of t om munit atoms for Christian Coali tion in Virginia We are at an fit 11''tinned hurnthoodj lm> left H' no i hon e hut to <>/>/><> w oil <>t till, \ funding He ,u < ,it ,m imfhis w — Mike Russell Clwtsiian Coairtion 55 impasse " riu> manifesto ul the Christum Coalition stall’s. "Christian l nalition i alls (or an end to fed oral funding for programs and organizations tfiat promote and perform abortions An obvious example is Title X Under tfnt currant rules. I dle X funded limits ,ire actually rotpiirml to counsel every preg nnnt woman and girl who walks in tlie duorffibout abortion) In short taxpayer money is being used to promote afuirtlon essen ttally as simply an alternative method of birth control " Current Status I be Rules ( nmmittee voted Monday evening to see if it will allow a floor discussion and vote ou Title X that would not sublet t it to potentially damag mg amendments The full House should vote on the l abor. Health Human Ser sites and Kdut ation appropria lions full on Wednesday After the House, the Senate Appropriations ( ommitlee. with Sen Mark Hatfield ns chairman, will vote on the hill, then the full Senate Filially. 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